Thanks for the great details, Robert; that's very, very helpful. I've added a link to it to our Summer of Code index page (http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Summer_of_Code). I'll add that with respect to committing and code repositories, we have a slight preference for git these days. We authenticate both using SSH keys. We can provide help for Linux and Mac OS X users as needed; we have more limited experience with Windows.
Thanks to everyone for their questions; please let us know if you have others. Nathan On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Robert Gust‐Bardon <[email protected]> wrote: > Nivanka Fonseka wrote: >> I am writing this email in-order to show my interests, and to seek guidance >> on how to send my application + proposal. >> If you can reply me in advance it would be great. > > Dear Nivanka, > > Before reading the rest of my reply, please bear in mind that I am not a > not a representative of Creative Commons. I managed to complete a > project for this organization two years ago as a participant of the > Google Summer of Code program. > > I would love to share my experiences with you and all the other students > interested in participating in Google Summer of Code, especially when it > comes to Creative Commons. It is superb that you consider participating > in the program in question. > > What follows are general observations that I believe apply to a majority > of the GSoC projects at CC: > - you need to register at the GSoC Web site; do not count on the > extension of the application deadline as that did not happen last year; > - should you be accepted, you will be expected to commit early and to > commit often; this can be done via Git or Subversion [1]; > - you ought to get in touch with Creative Commons before sending your > proposal; you have reached the mailing list already; you are more than > welcomed to join the channel #cc at the IRC server irc.freenode.net [2]; > - should you be accepted, you will be expected to write and blog about > the software you develop (for the GSoC project); there are two ways to > do it: the wiki (you have found it already) and the Labs blog [3]; > - do not forget to check out the student application template [4], which > will help you to include important information (from the Creative > Commons' point of view) in your proposal; > - the staff is in San Francisco, therefore please be aware of the > difference in the time zone between your location and theirs [5]; > - the goal of the Google Summer of Code program is to encourage new > developers to participate in the free software projects in the long > term; there is no reason whatsoever for you not to start the development > of the WordPress projects before the day the successful applications are > accepted; regardless of the outcome, this is a win-win situation; > - have a look at the projects and the source code developed in previous > years (you can read about them at the Labs, too): > http://code.google.com/soc/2006/cc/about.html > http://code.google.com/soc/2007/cc/about.html > http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2007-cc/downloads/list > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/cc/about.html > http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2008-cc/downloads/list > http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/cc/t124022127580 > http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_project/show/google/gsoc2009/cc/t124022127715 > > If you stumble upon me on the IRC (my nickname is ea4xgr there), then we > could chat (be it using the IRC or an instant messenger) about the GSoC > program at Creative Commons from the perspective of a student. I would > also show you the application I submitted two years ago. > > [1] http://code.creativecommons.org/ > [2] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/IRC > [3] http://labs.creativecommons.org/ > [4] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Summer_of_Code_Application_Template > [5] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ > > Boa sorte! > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Gust‐Bardon > > http://robert.gust-bardon.org/ > > Please, DO NOT reply to the e‐mail address that I have sent this message > from. Instead, visit my Web site and use the e‐mail address found there. > > _______________________________________________ > cc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel > _______________________________________________ cc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel
